Cipher13 - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Norton (Score 1, Redundant) 366

by Cipher13 on Wednesday October 06, 2010 @08:17PM (#33818844) Attached to: Simple Virus For Teaching?

He did specify that it should be "easy to remove by hand"...

Comment Re:Finder (Score 1) 312

by Cipher13 on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @01:45AM (#33645904) Attached to: Looking Back At OS X's Origins

While you're right on all points, it must be said that Command-O is hardly a convenient navigation shortcut (though to retain UI consistency, it is a necessity). For efficient keyboard navigation, one would use cmd-downarrow and cmd-uparrow. Your fingers never have to leave the arrow keys.

Online Shopping May Actually Increase Pollution 410

Posted by Soulskill on Monday September 20, 2010 @07:59PM from the it's-not-easy-being-green dept.

destinyland writes "British researchers have reached a startling conclusion. Unless online shoppers order 25 items at a time, they're polluting more than if they shopped at their local mall. An environmental benefit only occurs 'if online shopping replaces 3.5 traditional shopping trips, or if 25 orders are delivered at the same time, or, if the distance traveled to where the purchase is made is more than 50 kilometers. Shopping online does not offer net environmental benefits unless these criteria are met.' The study was conducted by Newcastle University's Institution of Engineering and Technology, which blames the environmental impact of transportation, warning that 'policy makers must do their homework to ensure that rebound effects do not negate the positive benefits of their policy initiatives.' But one technology site notes the study was conducted in Britain, which could have an impact on its conclusions."

Comment My junk? (Score 1) 118

by Cipher13 on Friday December 26, 2008 @08:15PM (#26237705) Attached to: Valuable Objects Stimulate Brain More Than Junk

It's news that valuable objects stimulate my girlfriend's brain more than my junk?

Comment If I'm gonna get charged for it... (Score 1) 248

by Cipher13 on Wednesday January 22, 2003 @11:00AM (#5135033) Attached to: Australian Gov't Lobbied To Implement Media Levies

I burn hundreds of data CD's every few months. I rarely burn audio CD's, and if a CD I downloaded is any good, I buy it. When I do burn audio CD's, they're generally legitimate copies.

But hey, y'know what? If I'm gonna get treated as if I pirate this music, I may as well. I have no moral problem with it. If anything, this will promote piracy.

Let me ask... if the music industry decides to levy CD-R's, what happens if the movie industry decides to? And then the software industry? And then... etc. Can so many levies be piled up?

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One pissed off Australian

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